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2 victims of otter treated for rabies

By BECKY SHAY

Of The Gazette Staff

 

People bitten by a pet otter last weekend near Roberts will undergo rabies treatment.

 

 

The treatment is a precaution, because the otter was killed and not enough brain matter remained for rabies testing.

 

 

The otter had escaped from a pen on the ranch where it was kept as a pet and was killed after biting people trying to return it to its owner's residence. Officials said the owner has a state permit for keeping the animal, which had apparently been domesticated for several years.

 

 

More details on what led to the otter's death became available this week as officials looking into the incidents wrapped up their investigations.

 

 

Carbon County Sheriff's Deputy Josh McQuillan said a man went to feed the male otter Saturday and was bitten on the hands and knee. He received stitches and other treatment and was released from Beartooth Hospital in Red Lodge.

 

 

The otter, which had been in a pen, got free and showed up at a nearby house. The otter played with and chased dogs at that residence, before the woman who lives there brought the dogs inside, McQuillan said. When her husband returned home, he patted the otter, which followed the man to his pickup truck and got inside. The man decided to drive the about 40-pound animal back to the ranch where it was kept.

 

 

"As he's driving down the road, it attacks him," McQuillan said.

 

 

The man, who was bitten in the neck and hand, jumped out of the truck. The otter jumped out too. The man got back into the pickup and went home, only to have the otter return, McQuillan said. The family called the Carbon County Sheriff's Department.

 

 

Before long, friends of the family arrived and the man who was already bitten and two other men tried to get the otter penned, McQuillan said. During the process one of the other men was bitten several times on the legs.

 

 

If you are bitten

 

People who are bitten by animals need to report the incident to a public health agency.

Anyone who is exposed to an animal that may be rabid -- or has not been vaccinated against it -- can protect their own and others' health by making the report. Carbon County Public Health Nurse Linda Stewart said the proper authorities can then find and either quarantine the animal, and watch it for signs of rabies, or kill the animal and test it for the virus.

Stewart said controlling rabies includes keeping dogs secure. It also means letting wild or unknown animals stay undisturbed.

"When you see a strange animal, don't approach it, especially if it's a wild animal," Stewart said.

Animal control officers and Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are trained to handle stray and wild animals, she said.

"They were trying to get it in a cage and it attacked them," McQuillan said. "So it was hit with the shovel and then they drove over it with a pickup."

 

 

Both the homeowner -- who was bitten in the pickup -- and the man bitten trying to capture the otter were treated at Beartooth Hospital.

 

 

Carbon County Public Health Nurse Linda Stewart said two of the three victims will undergo rabies treatment. Stewart said she did not know why the third man refused treatment.

 

 

Typically, an animal thought to be rabid is either put down and its brain matter tested or it is quarantined so officials can watch for signs of rabies, Stewart said.

 

 

Rabies incubates in a wound then follows spinal pathways up to the brain, Stewart said.

 

 

Last year Carbon County had at least five exposures to possibly rabid animals and one cow that tested positive for rabies, Stewart said.

 

 

"If the animal can be captured and quarantined, we can watch that animal and rule out that they are not going to turn, we don't have to go for that treatment," she said.

 

 

Montana doesn't have any kind of funding for rabies treatments, Stewart said. The six-phase treatment can cost up to $2,000, she said.

 

 

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Rhyming with "_nodder"

Words rhyming with "_nodder" (pronounced '_nod"der'): Africander, Asunder, Attainder, Badder, Balder, Bepowder, Bewilder, Bewonder, Bhunder, Bidder, Bunder, Cider, Codder, Coriander, Cyder, Detainder, Disclaunder, Disrudder, Dissunder, Dittander, Dunder, Eider, Emborder, Entender, Fader, Fender, Forbidder, Forwander, Foulder, Fudder, Gadder, gander, Germander, Gerrymander, guilder, Gynander, Hadder, Imborder, Ingender, Joinder, Kadder, Ladder, Mander, Misjoinder, Misrender, Miswander, Moider, Monander, Mooder, Nadder. (additional references)

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Googlism for: _nodder

 

_nodder is the disney character goofy and was manufactured by marx in the late 50's or early 60's

_nodder is connnected by tiny

_nodder is from the 1950's

_nodder is virtually impossible

_nodder is not funny because the person of jesus is funny or easy to ridicule

_nodder is the perfect embodiment of everything feline

_nodder is a plastic bobble

_nodder is one of the _nodders made by a german company during the 1930's

_nodder is made of molded plastic and is quite collectable as there is not a great deal of hot stuff merchandise

_nodder is a little exposed on top

_nodder is 10" and made of paperclay

_nodder is a charlie chaplin

_nodder is a mouse and he's standing beside a realistic looking apple that's a bank

_nodder is very different and unique

_nodder is in the shape of a cat carrying an umbrella and has a comical expression on its face

_nodder is made in japan

_nodder is completely sold out and hard to find

_nodder is 8" tall

_nodder is made of wood covered with felt

_nodder is absolutely exquisite

_nodder is in good condition

_nodder is individually numbered on the bottom of 3

_nodder is individually numbered on the bottom of 5

_nodder is made of

_nodder is a ceramic

_nodder is no exception

_nodder is precious

_nodder is something like a yes

_nodder is one of the most valuable and sought after of collectors today

_nodder is $125

_nodder is based at niwa in wellington; philip boyd is at niwa in dunedin

_nodder is made of composition and has a white sticker on the bottom that has "japan" stamped on it

_nodder is a plastic

_nodder is in it's own gift box and includes a certificate of authenticity

_nodder is a monster

_nodder is an actual thing

_nodder is made of papier

_nodder is among the rarest bobbin’ head dolls in existence

_nodder is one of the toughest in the series to find

_nodder is 7 1/2" tall and sure to remind you of all those saturdays watching the luche libre on tv

_nodder is the happenin' way to decorate your swinging pad or the dashboard of your convertible jaguar

_nodder is about 8" tall and comes in their own

_nodder is observed

_nodder is testament to

_nodder is a no

_nodder is very unusual as his eyes move

_nodder is on this shelf for size and is already sold

_nodder is sold separately

_nodder is simply way too cool

_nodder is about 6 1/4" tall and comes in his own

_nodder is in the employment department where she undertakes a broad range of both contentious and non

_nodder is that little critter or doll that

_nodder is wearing a kimono

_nodder is on the vorstand of first venture capital ag and serves on the high tech and media committees of the investment advisory board

_nodder is in exc condition though skirt is a little frayed

_nodder is in excellent condition and stands 5 ½" high

_nodder is worth a fortune

_nodder is that dork in the front of the class who doesn’t ever say anything but just nods his head in approval at whatever the teacher says

_nodder is 4 1/2" high and in excellent condition

_nodder is a "solid

_nodder is described at length with measurements

_nodder is complete with the matching base and it stands 3

_nodder is

_nodder is a bad ass

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Ah yes Ottermaster, I can see that you've not wasted your time on the keybored. It's good to see that you put your skills and talent to pusure good and not evil. However, with all your wisdom and experience, can you tell us who the real_nodder is?

 

Will the real slim_nodder please stand up! Please stand up!

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cause every time i go to try to leave, some_Nodder keeps pullin' on my sleeve,

I don't wanna, but i gotta stay, these_Nodders really got a hold of me

'cause every time i try to tell them "no",

they won't let me ever let them go,

i'm a sucka, all i gotta say,

these_Nodders really got a hold of me

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